Panama Surf

Detailed Panama surf forecast maps and the latest eyeball surf report from local surfers in the region. Near-shore swell is shown on the map together with the surf forecast rating for spots in Panama. Find the best places to surf in offshore conditions by selecting the wind option on the forecast map. Windsurfers and kite surfers can also use this option to find more favorable cross-shore conditions in Panama. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in Panama over the next 7 days. Surf photos from Panama and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers.

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Panama Wavefinder

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wed
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Panama	Destiladeros Gulf of Panama	Playa Cambutal Gulf of Panama	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Destiladeros Gulf of Panama	Cuango Colón	Bluff Bocas del Toro	First Beach (Wizard Beach) Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Careneros Point Break Bocas del Toro	First Beach (Wizard Beach) Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Careneros Point Break Bocas del Toro	First Beach (Wizard Beach) Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	First Beach (Wizard Beach) Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Careneros Point Break Bocas del Toro	First Beach (Wizard Beach) Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Careneros Point Break Bocas del Toro	Playa Cambutal Gulf of Panama
Rating	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	1.2 ENE	0.3 SSW	1.2 NE	1.0 ENE	1.1 NE	1.3 NE	1.4 NE	1.5 NE	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.7 ENE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	0.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	15	8	13	7	8	8	8	8	9	9	8	9	8	8	9	8	8	9	8	8	14
Energy(?)	93	154	162	66	172	112	180	242	232	349	395	330	408	338	423	418	354	354	314	273	268	147
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		2:18PM 2.75	2:21AM 2.98	11:34AM 0.43	2:59PM 2.99	3:02AM 3.20		3:40PM 2.94	3:41AM 3.11	12:40PM 0.44			4:19AM 3.30	1:18PM 0.43			1:36PM 0.40			2:37PM 0.39		6:10AM 3.09
Low Tide / height (m)			8:10PM 0.99			8:55PM 0.93	9:22AM 0.52		9:34PM 0.83			9:39PM 0.00	10:39AM 0.42		10:00PM 0.01			10:39PM 0.04			10:54PM 0.05	12:27PM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	clear	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	4	8	1	5	-	-	1	5	-	-	4	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	3	-
High °C	28	27	26	27	27	26	26	26	26	27	27	26	27	27	26	26	27	25	26	27	25	30
Low °C	26	26	25	26	25	24	25	26	25	26	27	25	26	27	24	25	26	24	25	26	24	28
Chill °C (?)	28	27	26	27	27	26	26	26	26	27	27	26	27	27	26	26	27	25	26	27	25	30
Sunrise	6:24	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:30
Sunset	-	6:08	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:14	-	-	6:14	-	-	6:15	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.2 ENE	0.4 SSW	1.2 NE	1.0 ENE	1.1 NE	1.3 NE	1.4 NE	1.5 NE	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.7 ENE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	0.7 SW
Period (s)	12	11	8	5	7	8	8	8	8	9	9	8	9	8	8	9	8	8	9	8	8	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	-	0.3 SSW	0.6 N	0.3 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SW
Period (s)	15	15	-	13	5	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 N	0.4 WSW	-	0.4 N	-	-	0.5 NW	0.8 NNW	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	0.4 NE
Period (s)	4	5	-	4	-	-	4	4	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	4

	Wednesday 17							Thursday 18								Friday 19
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Panama	Playa Cambutal Gulf of Panama	Playa Cambutal Gulf of Panama	Playa Cambutal Gulf of Panama	First Beach (Wizard Beach) Bocas del Toro	Destiladeros Gulf of Panama	Destiladeros Gulf of Panama	Playa Cambutal Gulf of Panama	Playa Cambutal Gulf of Panama	Playa Cambutal Gulf of Panama	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	First Beach (Wizard Beach) Bocas del Toro	Destiladeros Gulf of Panama	Careneros Point Break Bocas del Toro	Isla Grande Colón	Cuango Colón	Isla Grande Colón	Cuango Colón	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Paunch Reef Bocas del Toro	First Beach (Wizard Beach) Bocas del Toro	Playa Cambutal Gulf of Panama
Rating	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.1 NE	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 NE	0.3 SSW	1.0 ENE	1.5 NE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.1 ENE	1.2 NE	1.1 NE	0.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	8	15	11	13	13	13	8	8	8	13	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	12
Energy(?)	275	222	266	171	88	66	128	176	177	202	209	194	67	119	283	322	322	299	183	206	154	122
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	low-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	1:37AM 2.91			10:55AM 0.43	2:17PM 2.89				2:21AM 2.98			11:34AM 0.43	2:59PM 2.99							12:03PM 0.44
Low Tide / height (m)			8:00AM 0.72				8:10PM 0.99								8:33PM 0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	24	25	27	26	28	27	26	25	25	25	25	26	28	26	26	25	25	25	25	26	26	26
Chill °C (?)	24	25	27	26	28	27	26	25	25	25	25	26	28	26	26	25	25	25	25	26	26	26
Sunrise	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:12	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.1 NE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 NE	0.4 SSW	1.0 ENE	1.5 NE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.1 ENE	1.2 NE	1.1 NE	0.8 SW
Period (s)	15	15	5	8	11	11	13	5	5	8	8	8	6	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SW	-	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	-	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.3 SSW	0.3 N	0.1 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW
Period (s)	5	12	15	-	5	5	11	13	13	-	5	5	13	5	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.3 N	0.2 N	0.4 WSW	0.4 W	0.4 W	-	-	0.4 NNW	0.4 N	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 N	0.6 NW	0.6 NNW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	3	5	5	5	-	-	5	4	-	-	-	-	-	5	4	4	-

	Wednesday 17
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Panama	Playa Cambutal Gulf of Panama	Playa Cambutal Gulf of Panama	Playa Cambutal Gulf of Panama	First Beach (Wizard Beach) Bocas del Toro	Destiladeros Gulf of Panama	Destiladeros Gulf of Panama	Playa Cambutal Gulf of Panama	Playa Cambutal Gulf of Panama	Playa Cambutal Gulf of Panama	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	First Beach (Wizard Beach) Bocas del Toro	Destiladeros Gulf of Panama	Careneros Point Break Bocas del Toro	Isla Grande Colón	Cuango Colón	Isla Grande Colón	Cuango Colón	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Paunch Reef Bocas del Toro	First Beach (Wizard Beach) Bocas del Toro	Playa Cambutal Gulf of Panama
Rating	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.1 NE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.2 ENE	1.2 NE	1.1 NE	0.4 SSW	1.2 NE	1.7 NE	1.8 NE	1.8 NE	1.8 NE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 NE	0.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	8	15	15	15	15	15	8	8	8	11	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	13
Energy(?)	239	275	275	171	102	102	222	266	266	184	204	171	90	196	311	375	359	369	175	171	182	128
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	1:37AM 2.91									10:53AM 0.44
Low Tide / height (m)							8:00AM 0.72													8:09PM -0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	1	1	1	-
High °C	25	25	24	25	25	25	26	27	27	26	26	26	28	27	26	26	26	26	27	27	26	25
Chill °C (?)	25	25	24	25	25	25	26	27	27	26	26	26	28	27	26	26	26	26	27	27	26	25
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.1 NE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.2 ENE	1.2 NE	1.1 NE	0.4 SSW	1.2 NE	-	-	1.8 NE	-	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 NE	0.4 SW
Period (s)	6	15	15	8	12	12	15	5	5	8	8	8	11	8	-	-	8	-	8	8	8	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	-	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.5 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	-	-	-	0.3 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	12	5	5	-	4	4	12	15	15	-	-	-	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-	0.3 N	0.4 NW	1.7 NE	1.8 NE	-	1.8 NE	-	-	-	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	3	-	4	3	7	8	-	8	-	-	-	5

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